Your Weekend Events

THE GORGE: It’s the Bite of Seattle this weekend, the annual three-day snack-off where, for the smallest of fees, you can eat yourself silly on items delicious and/or exotic. Stroll a Center-wide smorgasbord that features over 50 Seattle restaurants (including Dancing Zorba, Famous Dave’s BBQ, and Pelmeni Dumpling Tzar), plus another 30 food producers (Trophy Meats and Black Box Wine among them). New this year is Just a Bite! which is exactly what it says, priced at the same level as the first ever Bite of Seattle, back in ’86. It’s like eating history, but not nearly as dry.Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. // Seattle Center // FREE ADMISSION (Food prices vary on vendor)

NOT STARRING AN ANGRY HUGH LAURIE: Before they are demolished for an impending re-development project, 11 Capitol Hill homes will become wide-scale canvases for local artists, their exteriors transformed and their interiors re-imagined. Under the title The Mad Homes Project, the neighborhood will become its own art walk. Among the artists are Troy Gua, Julia Haack, Luke Haynes, Amanda Manitach, Sutton Beres Culler, and Laura Ward, who will reconstruct in the mediums of photography, electricity, and fabric.Saturday 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Continues through August 7th) // 711 Bellevue Avenue East // FREE

ON THE SABBATH: Back in 2004, the area where the Marginal Way Skatepark now sits was a transient campground and garbage dump. Working with nearby businesses and SDOT, local skaters built and now maintain a park all their own to ollie, grind, and carve as they see fit. This Sunday, they’re relinquishing some of their choicest lines to Titanium Sporkestra and Ninkasi for Sabbath Brass Band Sabbath, a fundraising event to keep them goofyfooting on into the future. It’s free, but they’ll be accepting tax-deductible donations to help build a similar park in the SODO district. And how bitchin’ is that?Sunday 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. // Marginal Way Skatepark // FREE